Brahma Purana — The Path of Liberation: Self-Knowledge, Sense-Restraint, and Crossing the River of Worldly Flow, Shloka 17
Devanagari script
इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि बुद्ध्या संयम्य तत्त्वतः सर्वतः प्रसृतानीह पिता बालान् इवात्मजान् //
Translation
This verse (no. 17) is regarded as sacred utterance within the Purāṇa, fit for devotion and study.
Word by Word
indriyāṇithe senses
indriyāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
pramāthīniagitating, turbulent
pramāthīni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-māthin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of indriyāṇi
buddhyāby the intellect
buddhyā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
saṃyamyahaving restrained
saṃyamya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-yam (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having restrained’
tattvataḥin truth, truly
tattvataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottattvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb
sarvataḥfrom all sides, everywhere
sarvataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb
prasṛtānispread out, roaming
prasṛtāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-sṛ (धातु)
FormKṛdanta past passive participle (क्त), Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); viśeṣaṇa of indriyāṇi
ihahere
iha:
Deśādhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb
pitāa father
pitā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
bālānchildren
bālān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
ivalike, as
iva:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), upamā-vācaka particle (उपमावाचक)
ātmajānone’s own sons/offspring
ātmajān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootātma + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘ātmanas jāḥ’; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Vyāsa instructing the sages